jimminy
CB750 Enthusiast
Got my engine removed a couple weeks ago and took the whole shebang to a well known shop (Garage Company) here in LA thinking (hoping really) I was looking at a simple top end job. Here's the story:
This is a '78 SOHC 750 K8 I've been posting about here for the last few months.
Seems the engine already had the 836cc mod but someone did a bad job of it. One of the rings is broke and there's no cylinder with decent compression. They recommended going back to a standard 750cc or maybe the 836cc somehow, but the upshot is I'm looking at something like $2,500 in parts and labor. And that ain't happening.
So I'm wondering about my options. I could get the thing back and try to do the work myself from here. I think this would mean getting new 836cc sleeves, rings, gasket kit and just do the reassemble, right?. I've already done the work to remove the engine and the shop disassembled the head and did the inspection for me. Everything else seems to be in good shape so nothing else seems to be in bad shape to worry about.
Guess I just wonder how much I'm missing here.
Thanks.
This is a '78 SOHC 750 K8 I've been posting about here for the last few months.
Seems the engine already had the 836cc mod but someone did a bad job of it. One of the rings is broke and there's no cylinder with decent compression. They recommended going back to a standard 750cc or maybe the 836cc somehow, but the upshot is I'm looking at something like $2,500 in parts and labor. And that ain't happening.
So I'm wondering about my options. I could get the thing back and try to do the work myself from here. I think this would mean getting new 836cc sleeves, rings, gasket kit and just do the reassemble, right?. I've already done the work to remove the engine and the shop disassembled the head and did the inspection for me. Everything else seems to be in good shape so nothing else seems to be in bad shape to worry about.
Guess I just wonder how much I'm missing here.
Thanks.
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